Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

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Image of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository

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Image of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository the afternoon of November 22, 1963, after the assassination. A police officer and several police motorcycles are visible near the southeast corner of the building. A corner of the Hertz sign can be seen on the roof of the building. Several windows are open on the fifth and sixth floors of the building. An unidentified man in a shirt with rolled sleeves and a tie can be seen moving boxes in the southeast corner window on the sixth floor.

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Image of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository

Date:

11/22/1963

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Windows

Hertz sign

Motorcycles

Sniper's perch

Police

Photographs

Allen, William

Dallas Times Herald

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas
Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0024.0011

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Image of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository

Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald staff photographer William Allen. This image shows the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository the afternoon of November 22, 1963, after the assassination. A police officer and several police motorcycles are visible near the southeast corner of the building. A corner of the Hertz sign can be seen on the roof of the building. Several windows are open on the fifth and sixth floors of the building. An unidentified man in a shirt with rolled sleeves and a tie can be seen moving boxes in the southeast corner window on the sixth floor.

Object Details
Object title:

Image of the exterior of the Texas School Book Depository

Date:

11/22/1963

Terms:

Windows

Hertz sign

Motorcycles

Sniper's perch

Police

Photographs

Allen, William

Dallas Times Herald

Texas School Book Depository

Dallas

Medium:

Film

Dimensions:

15/16 x 1 7/16 in. (2.4 x 3.6 cm)

Credit line:

William Allen, photographer, Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1989.100.0024.0011

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